Ribbons wrote:What about Blankets? I think that one's got a wintry setting to it at least part of the time. And maybe if we read it we'll get Flumm to come back...

Not to mention Doglips.

I'd also suggest Scott Pilgrim, just because Blankets is pretty huge and a bit of a downer (though still great). You've also got the Edgar Wright movie on its way, so maybe people want to get ahead of the curve?

Well I was planning to read "1984" by George Orwell. I have never read it before and was planning to post it in here in case it would catch any interest. If you guys are interested at all, I could wait till December to read it.

ChaoticMoira wrote:Well I was planning to read "1984" by George Orwell. I have never read it before and was planning to post it in here in case it would catch any interest. If you guys are interested at all, I could wait till December to read it.

After I finish Ender's Game (which apparently was another book of the month pick a while back) I'm going to start on this book called The Last Unicorn which I was told was an excellent fantasy book (and famous too, I guess.) No idea if it really is any good but the guy who recommended it looked like Pat Morita and owned a bookstore called The Other Change of Hobbit...so my expectations are understandably high!

The Todd liked The Last Unicorn from Rankin/Bass, so I would be down for that.

If you're looking for a graphic novel, The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home was excellent and all new material, not taken from the Stephen King books. If you're interested in a classic, Fahrenheit 451 was amazing.

There was no strict policy as such. Both Balm and I were against the idea, but if it's the easiest way to get people to read an' talk and stuff then I'm not gonna dig my heels in about it; plus we read From Hell in March, so that's already kind of out the window.

TK-421 wrote:I'd be up for some Lovecraft though, I notice that was mentioned earlier.

If people are interested, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories with:Dagon, The Statement of Randolph Carter, Arthur Jermyn, Herbert West - Reanimator, The Rats in the Walls, Cool Air, The Call of Cthulhu, and The Shadow Over Innsmouth has some of his best stuff and not a lot of the crap. Only really missing At The Mountains of Madness.

And yes, I am reading it now, but that's not the only reason The Todd is recommending it. Good Book-FIVE!!!!!

So that I don't have to look up every one of those! Can someone tell me whether or not they are all comic books (graphic novels.... which by the way, calling them that, doesn't actually make them a real book...)?

If one or two aren't, can you tell me which ones so I can look them up?

Also, is everyone here completely against the idea of noting the author when mentioning a book?

It would make it easier to find the correct book.

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I will vote for anything not a graphic novel and that sounds good (in that order). Cept this time I will also check to see that I can actually get the book first (messing up the order in fact in which I typed it).

I am not anti comics btw. I have a few. I am just not real thrilled by them as a rule. I like stories without pictures better. The picture always takes away from the story.

Right now, I think I'm going to vote for Last Unicorn. I haven't read it since I was 12, but it was my favourite book back then. I just know that I'll have Mia Farrow, Jeff Bridges and Chris Lee's voices in my head when I read it again though.

I am ordering it because I will end up reading it either way, but I hope it wins the vote. And I am a part of a book swapping site. There is only two available, about to be one. They can go pretty quick so I gotta get mine in.

Since I haven't read it yet I'm also going to vote for The Last Unicorn. Even though it was a total guilty pleasure (emphasis on pleasure, haterz!) I need something to get the taste of Stephanie Meyers' prose out of my mouth.